Voting-machine.



PATENTED MAY 14, 1907. G. S. DEY.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1899.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1899.

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No. 858,867. PATENTED MAY 14', 1907.

' G. S. DEY.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.11, 1899.

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Qwuwwtoz No. 853,867. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

G. S. DEY.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1899.

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VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1899.

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NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MEsNE ASSIGN- I /LENrrsf-To -U-.;s, sT-A DARD voTI e-MAoHINE co, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A OORPORATION or NEWYoRK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May14, 19057.

Applleation'filed September 11, 1399. said 730,123.

Ton/ll; it mgpy'concerm Beitknown'th'atI,;GILBEBT1S.DRY, ar

' .ter in thefcounty of Monroe and zen, of the United Statearesidin York,-

havein'vented certain new and useful Improvements in Yotin Machines {and I do hereby declare the follbwing to :be a full,

'clear, ,and' exact description of the invention,

such as will enable to which it .appertai-nsto makeand use the same.

I My invention relates to voting machines: and more particularly to means whereby a part of thevoting keys or mechanisms may. be locked out sothat'avoter on'ap ear-mg before the face ofthe machine will fin lall the cept "which keys locked or preventedfrom"move rnent 6X1 those b'elonging to the oflices, as to he is qualified to vote. A Forexample} in some States women are allowed to vote for school commissionersbut for no other ofiicers. couldibe prevented from'voting for any. can- 1 didates, exceptthose for the o'ffice of school 5 'mechanism and qmeans for loc ring out a By means of'thi's invention, a Woman commissioner. I t The main object of my invention is to provide simple and effective means which may be operated-by the election ofiicers to lock out certain of the votingmechanismsf I In the accompanying' drawings, Figure 1 is a broken view illustrating part ofthe'ia-ce plate of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a,

broken transverse sectional view taken on th'eline 2'-2 in 1, of my. complete m'a-" of the;

chine.v Fig. 3 and4 illustrate details irregular voting mechanism. Fig. 5 is a broken rear view of my machine, back plate having been removed, showing the straight irregular voting mechanism. Fig. 6is a simi lar view showing the straight irre ular voting specified portion of the machine. Fig. 7 is a broken front view' showing the, right hand part of the face plate of the'machine. lBig. 8 is a broken rear view, with the back plate removed, of m machine, showing the opposite end from w -at is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.- Fig. 'Q\is atransversesectional view of the the line 9--'-9 in Fig. 6.

straight irregular .voting mechanism and locking out mechanism. Fig. 12 is a broken frontview of partof; the faceplate showing tate of N ew' o't 'ers' skilled in the art lever'is pivoted the questions voting mechanisms, and Fig.

13 is a side view with 'the'casing remove 1 showing amodification of the means for look: ing outa' specifiedportion of the machine.

The keys, counters, interlockingmeans andstraight'ticket votingmeans'are of the usual types and do not, require a' detailedde- 6o scription, asthey have been shown merely to illustrate a completefma'chine.

' Thepartic'ular improvements covered by the present invention are confined to the straight irregular mechanism and-the m'echanism. forlocking out a part. of the machine, so that it cannot be operated by a voter who isinot entitled to'vote a full ticket.

A represents the. straight irregularreceptacle in which a. ballot may be deposited and thenpushed back, whereupon the ballot drops into a second race 'tacle (not shown). vThisaction also locks "t 1e entire machine.

This locking action is accomplished in the folv lowingmanner: To the rear of the straight 5 irregular receptacle is fastened an arm a 'which is provided with a slot a, and an upwardly projecting portion or arm a In thearm' a is journaled one end of a bell crank lever B, the pivot point of whichengages the slot a. To thje other end of the bell crank an arm C, of which there are two, one on each side of the straight irregular voting device. Theupper end of this arm is attached 'to-a link a, to aheXagona-lshaft D. On-this shaft are fixed arms "ck-Id", so that the partial revolution of this'shaft will swing these arms forward, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 9. On

this bar are loosely mounted arms (1 On the arms at and d are mounted angle barsE, E andE which are located in the same line but do not touch each other. An extension 6 is sion 6, brought directly over the interlocking rods F, holding them against upward motion [U0 [and therebypreventing the operation of the keys G. By the OPSIELHOII Of the irregular voting mechanism, the locking rods F connecting therewith, are also operated. To each of these'rods is' attached a bracket f which is which is rigidly attached ,8 5

provided with two slo ts, 2 and f Through the slot f 2 runsthe shaft 7, which thereby guides the motion of the bracket f. To the bell crank lever B is attached an arm I) which is provided with a pin which enters the slotf. The motion, therefore, of the arm a, of the irregular voting mechanisnji not only pulls down. the arms C, but also through the movement of the bell crank lever B and arm elevates the bracket f and with it the i n tel-locking rod F. This rod has provided upon it, a curved stop L, which is adapted to engage when elevated with the rod K, thereby holding it in an elevated position. The rod K is attached to. the rock shaft I by means of links i. The rock shaft I is operated by the resetting mechanism through the medium of the links 2' and i in the usual manner. It will thus be seen that after the irregular voting mechanism has once been operated by a voter, it cannot be withdrawn by the same voter, but will remain locked against movement, until it is reset again in its normal position by the resetting mechanism, which is of a well known'type.

.To the bearing (Z (see Fig. 6) is attached'a link (1 To this link is attached a connect ing rod H which by means of the connection shown in Fig. 11 operates the locking rod F and through the medium of the parts 'I K L prevents the mechanism from coming back to its normal position under the influence of gravity before it'is operated by the'resetting mechanism. The movement of the rod F is accomplished by means of a link f pivoted on the shaft f and carrying a pin on. one end which engages with the slotf in the bracket j" which carries the rod F, all as shown in Fig. 11.

In Fig. 9 is shown the lockingout a specified portion of the machine. It is shown as locking out everything but the rows of candidates for school commissioner, (rows number 6 and 7 onFig. 7) and to the plate *2 is attached a handle M, which passes throughthe back casing of the machine and is provided with a knob on. The

'. election oflicialpushes the handle M forward,

when for example, a woman is admittedto the booth, whereupon the plate IE will move over the interlocking rods of the straight irregular voting mechanism and by means of the extension e will move the plate E over all the other interlocking rods F with the exception of those shown on the extreme left of Fig. 8, in proximity to which is the bar E. This bar E is not moved forward over the corresponding interlocking rods, for the reason that it is fixed to the shaft D by means of the arms d, while the bars 'E and E are loosely mounted on the shaft D and can therefore be carried forward by the move ment of the handle M. The movement of the bar E, by means of the connectin rod H and the interlocking rod F, holds the ars E particular means for vention. I wish it. therefore, to be strictly eases? and F) over the corresponding interlocking rods, unt1 l said bars are restored to their former position by the action of the resetting D by means of links, to one of which the han\ dle N is pivoted- It will be seen without further explanation that the bar E may be swung over the interlocking rods F 'of the questions or amendment Inechanism and the notches n and n, enga ing with the. rear cas ing, serve to hold said ar eitherin or out of the engagement with the rod F as. may be desired. I.

It will be recognized. by thosefs'killed in the art, that manv-changes maybe --'made without. departing from the spirit of -.my inunderstood that I do not limit myself to the. exact construction. shown andfdescribed.

Having thus described'my invention what I claim is new and desire :to secureby Let ters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a voting machine, the combination of straight irregular voting mechanism, ordi nary voting mechanism, interlocking mechanism, including rods, actuated thereby, and swinging plates or bars adapted to be moved i either over all or some of said interlocking rods to prevent the movement thereof, whereby. a partially qualified voter is prevented from voting improperly, substan I00 tially as described. I

2. In a voting machine, the combination of straight irregular voting mechanism, regu lar voting mechanism, interlocking-mechanism actuated thereby and a sectional plate or bar supported upon a rock shaft, the parts being so arranged that said sections maylo'ck the entire machineby the operation-ofthe straight irregular voting mechanism or a specified part thereof.

3. In a voting machine,the 'combinatio .of straight irregular voting mechanism, regular voting mechanism, and interlocking mechanism actuated thereby, with arock IIO shaft, links dependingfrom said rock shaft, a r 15 sectional bar supported by some of said links, means for moving certain sections of said bar to lock out a specified. portion of the voting mechanisms, and means for locking the en tire machine by the operation of the straight i 20 irregular voting mechanism.

said links are mounted, and interlocking mechanism.

7. In a voting machine, the combination with the casing of the machine, a toothed handle projecting through said casing, a sectional. bar towhich said handle is attached,

links supporting said bar, a shaft on which said links are mounted, and interlocking mechanism, and means for holding said bar, or a part of it, in proximity to the interlock ing mechanism, thereby preventing movement of the latter, substantially as described.

8. In a voting machine, a plurality of voting mechanisms, arranged in different office groups, a locking bar mounted inproximi'ty to'said voting mechanisms and consisting of 'a plurality of independently movable sections, any one or more of which may be moved into locking engagement with one or more of said office groups.-

9. In a voting machine, a plurality of voting mechanisms arranged in different oi'fice groups, a locking bar pivotally mounted on a shaft'in proximity to said voting mechanisms, and consisting of independently movable sections, one or more of which .may be moved into locking relation with one or more of said oilice groups.

10. In. a voting machine, a plurality of voting mechanisms arranged in different oflice groups, a locking device mounted in proximity to said voting mechanisms and consisting of a pluralityof independently movable sections, one each for a plurality of office groups, any one or more of which may be moved into locking relation to one or more of said ofiice groups.

11. In a voting machine, a plurality of voting mechanisms arranged in different office groups, a locking device mounted upon a shaft in proximity to said voting mechanisms and consisting of a plurality of adjustable sections, one or more of which may be mo ved into locking relation with one or more of said office grou s.

In testimony wliereof, I. affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GILBERT S. DEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. HAsrmGs, GEO. A. GILLETTE. 

